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Biography of Nicolás Guillén (excerpt)
Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista, born July 10, 1902, in Camagüey and died July 16, 1989, in Havana, was a Cuban poet, journalist, and politician, widely regarded as Cuba’s national poet. His revolutionary ideals led to exile under Batista before returning in 1959.
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Biography of Kate Barnard (excerpt)
Catherine Ann “Kate” Barnard (May 23, 1875 – February 23, 1930) was the first woman elected to a state office in Oklahoma and the eleventh woman in the United States to hold statewide public office. Elected in 1907, she served as Oklahoma’s first Commissioner of Charities and Corrections for two four-year terms, the only position the 1907 state constitution allowed women to hold.
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Biography of Muriel Dowding (excerpt)
Muriel Dowding, Baroness Dowding (22 March 1908 – 20 November 1993), was an English humanitarian and animal rights activist. A vegetarian, spiritualist, and theosophist like her second husband Lord Dowding, she campaigned fiercely against vivisection and for animal welfare. She coined the term “cruelty-free” and became a pioneer of the movement.
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Biography of Frans de Nerée tot Babberich (excerpt)
Frans Joseph Marie de Nerée tot Babberich, born on 13 February 1882 in Zevenaar and died on 5 June 1929 in The Hague, was a Dutch painter, draftsman, and sculptor. He sometimes used the pseudonym Larec Eeren, an anagram of his brother Carel's name.
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Biography of Günther Weisenborn (excerpt)
German writer and anti-Nazi resistance fighter, Günther Weisenborn (10 July 1902 – 26 March 1969) was known for his politically engaged literary work and opposition to the Nazi regime. He collaborated with Bertolt Brecht, Slatan Dudow, and Hanns Eisler on the play The Mother, adapted from Gorky.
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Biography of Ernst Bresslau (excerpt)
Ernst Ludwig Bresslau, born on 10 July 1877 in Berlin and died on 9 May 1935 in São Paulo, was a German zoologist. The son of historian Harry Bresslau, he grew up in Strasbourg from 1890, where he studied medicine and natural sciences at the university, earning his PhD in 1902.
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Biography of Francisco Palma Burgos (excerpt)
Francisco Palma Burgos, a Spanish sculptor, religious image-maker, and painter, was born on February 12, 1918, in Málaga and died on December 31, 1985, in Úbeda. Trained by his father Francisco Palma García, he studied at the Málaga School of Fine Arts.
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Biography of Gilda de Abreu (excerpt)
Gilda de Abreu (September 23, 1904 – June 4, 1979) was a Brazilian actress, singer, writer, and film director. Born into a wealthy family, she first built a career on stage, performing in operettas and musicals, before gaining recognition in 1936 with the romantic comedy Bonequinha de Seda, which opened the door to cinema.
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Biography of Adriano Gozzini (excerpt)
Adriano Gozzini, born on April 13, 1917, in Florence and deceased on September 24, 1994, in Pisa, was an Italian physicist renowned for his work in experimental physics. He graduated in 1940 from the University of Pisa, training at the Scuola Normale Superiore under Luigi Puccianti, and later established Pisa’s first microwave spectroscopy laboratory.
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Biography of Willem Keesom (excerpt)
Willem Hendrik Keesom (June 21, 1876 – March 3, 1956) was a Dutch physicist born on Texel.A student of Nobel Prize laureate Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, he devoted his work to the study of helium and molecular interactions. In 1921, he developed the first mathematical description of dipole–dipole interactions, later known as Keesom interactions.
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Biography of José Storie (excerpt)
José Storie (born 2 April 1899 in Bruges – died 29 July 1961) was a Belgian painter best known for his portraits. Educated in Bruges, Brussels, and Paris, he received a thorough artistic training, though it was disrupted by World War I.
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Biography of Mario Maratelli (excerpt)
Mario Maratelli, born on November 20, 1879, in Vercelli and died on April 20, 1955, in San Germano Vercellese, was an Italian agronomist. He is best remembered for discovering and selecting the rice variety that bears his name, which became a landmark in Italian rice cultivation.
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Biography of Enzo Fiermonte (excerpt)
Enzo Fiermonte, born July 24, 1908 in Bari and died March 22, 1993 in Mentana, was an Italian actor and boxer, sometimes credited as William Bird. From 1925 to 1934, he fought professionally, recording 47 wins, 17 losses, and 2 draws, before announcing his permanent retirement in 1943.
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Biography of Gianfranco Giachetti (excerpt)
Gianfranco Giachetti, born in Florence on September 17, 1888, and deceased in Rome on November 29, 1936, was an Italian stage and film actor. Raised artistically in Venice, he began his career in amateur companies before joining Ferruccio Benini’s troupe in 1914 and later Giovan Battista Bosio’s company after World War I, where he excelled in Goldoni’s plays.
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Biography of Dirk Coster (excerpt)
Dirk Coster (5 October 1889 – 12 February 1950) was a Dutch physicist and professor of physics and meteorology at the University of Groningen.He is best known as the co-discoverer of hafnium (element 72) in 1923, alongside George de Hevesy, through X-ray spectroscopic analysis of zirconium ore.
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Biography of Eugène Bourgouin (excerpt)
Marie Joseph Eugène Bourgouin, born on February 12, 1880, in Reims and died on October 30, 1924, in Paris, was a French sculptor.He distinguished himself through a wide range of works, from statuary to religious and decorative objects. He first worked on the restoration of Reims Cathedral before entering the École nationale des arts décoratifs in 1901 and later the École des beaux-arts.
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Biography of Laura Nucci (excerpt)
Laura Nucci, born Maria Laura Lodovici on February 26, 1911, in Carrara and died January 10, 1994, in Rome, was an Italian actress active in film and television. Sister of director Carlo Lodovici, she began her career working with Alessandro Blasetti, often portraying antagonists or femme fatales.
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Biography of Elaine Shepard (excerpt)
Elaine Elizabeth Shepard, born April 2, 1913, and died September 6, 1998, was a Broadway and film actress during the 1930s and 1940s.She began her career as a model on the West Coast before moving into film, debuting in Darkest Africa (1936).
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Biography of Manuel de Nóbrega (journalist) (excerpt)
Brazilian humorist, radio host, journalist, actor, writer, and politician, Manuel de Nóbrega was born in Niterói on February 18, 1913.He began his career in 1935 with A Hora do Café and moved to São Paulo in 1944. He became a television pioneer in the 1950s, working with TV Paulista, TV Record, and TV Tupi.
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Biography of Ernestina de Champourcín (excerpt)
Ernestina de Champourcín (born 10 July 1905 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, died 27 March 1999 in Madrid) was a Spanish poet linked to the Generation of ’27. Born into an aristocratic family, she received a refined education and developed a passion for poetry and languages early on.
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Biography of Léon Moussinac (excerpt)
Léon Moussinac, born January 19, 1890 in Migennes and died March 10, 1964 in Paris, was a French writer, journalist, historian, and film critic.The son of a stationmaster, he lost his father in 1907 and had to work while completing law studies.
Biography of Sergio Bernales (excerpt)
Sergio Ernesto Bernales García, born September 9, 1885, in Lima and died October 16, 1959, in the same city, was a Peruvian physician and university professor. He spent his entire career at the Hospital Nacional Dos de Mayo and taught at the Faculty of Medicine of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, where he served as dean, vice-rector, and interim rector between 1946 and 1948.
Biography of René Maupré (excerpt)
Charles René de Chauffour, known as René Maupré, born July 9, 1888 in the 9th arrondissement of Paris and died April 6, 1976 in Nice, was a French actor and comedian. He is best known for Theodora (1921) and the two films of the same title, The Ragpicker of Paris (1913) and (1924).
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Biography of Vicente Celestino (excerpt)
Antônio Vicente Filipe Celestino (September 12, 1894 – August 23, 1968) was a Brazilian singer, composer, and actor of Italian descent.Born in Rio de Janeiro to a modest Calabrian immigrant family, he was one of twelve children, several of whom also pursued artistic careers.
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Biography of Soledad Chacón (excerpt)
Soledad Chávez de Chacón, born on August 10, 1890 in Albuquerque and died on August 4, 1936, was the first woman elected Secretary of State of New Mexico and the first Hispanic woman elected to statewide office in the United States.
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Biography of Georgia Neese Clark Gray (excerpt)
Georgia Neese Clark Gray (January 27, 1898 – October 26, 1995) was an American actress and banker who became the first woman to serve as Treasurer of the United States, holding office from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry S. Truman. Her life bridged the worlds of art, business, and politics, making her a trailblazer for women in public service.
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Biography of Anna Kavan (excerpt)
Anna Kavan (born Helen Emily Woods; April 10, 1901 – December 5, 1968) was a British novelist, short story writer, and painter.Born into an affluent family in Cannes, she endured a lonely and unstable childhood.After marrying Donald Ferguson and living in Burma, she returned to London, where she began publishing under her married name.
Biography of Ruth Cohn (excerpt)
Ruth Charlotte Cohn (born August 27, 1912, in Berlin – died January 30, 2010, in Düsseldorf) was a German psychotherapist, educator, and poet. She is best known as the creator of Theme-Centered Interaction (TCI), a group learning and communication method. She also founded the Workshop Institute for Living Learning (WILL), now known as the Ruth Cohn Institute for TCI.
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Biography of Virginia E. Jenckes (excerpt)
Virginia Jenckes (née Ellis; November 6, 1877 – January 9, 1975) was an American politician from Terre Haute, Indiana, and the first woman from the state elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Serving three terms from 1933 to 1939, she became known for her outspoken independence, her advocacy for women’s rights, flood control, and the repeal of Prohibition.
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Biography of Marcellus Schiffer (excerpt)
Marcellus Schiffer, the pen name of Otto Schiffer, was born in Berlin on June 20, 1892, and died on August 24, 1932. He was a German cabaret writer, graphic designer, painter, and librettist. The son of a Jewish timber merchant who died when he was five, he studied art with Emil Orlík before discovering his true vocation as a satirical writer, also producing poetry and illustrations.
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Biography of Charles Douglass (sound engineer) (excerpt)
Charles Rolland Douglass, born January 2, 1910, in Guadalajara, Mexico, and deceased April 8, 2003, in California, was an American sound engineer credited as the inventor of the laugh track. A graduate in electrical engineering from the University of Nevada, he began working for CBS Radio before serving in the Navy during World War II.
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Biography of Martha Griffiths (excerpt)
Martha Wright Griffiths, born on January 29, 1912, and died on April 22, 2003, was a lawyer and judge before being elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1954.A Democrat, she became the first woman from Michigan elected to Congress and the first woman to serve on the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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Biography of Jerry Siegel (excerpt)
Jerome "Jerry" Siegel, born October 17, 1914, and died January 28, 1996, was an American comic book writer.Alongside his friend Joe Shuster, he co-created Superman for DC Comics, a character who became one of the most iconic figures in popular culture.
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Biography of Silvina Bullrich (excerpt)
Silvina Bullrich (October 4, 1915 – July 2, 1990) was a best-selling Argentine novelist, translator, screenwriter, critic, and academic. Known as la gran burguesa (“the great bourgeois lady”), she became one of Argentina’s most prominent literary figures of the twentieth century, blending feminism, social critique, and psychological depth.
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Biography of Gerald Finzi (excerpt)
Gerald Raphael Finzi, born July 14, 1901 in London and died September 27, 1956 in Oxford, was an English composer whose music is deeply infused with poetic sensibility. Best known for his choral works, he also wrote orchestral and concert pieces, including Dies natalis and concertos for cello and clarinet.
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Biography of Olga Fossati (excerpt)
Olga Fossati (born April 11, 1897, in Porto Alegre, and died in Pelotas after 1995) was a Brazilian violinist and teacher.Born into a family of musicians, she began violin lessons at six under her father, a graduate of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome.
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Biography of Ella Grasso (excerpt)
Ella Rosa Giovianna Oliva Grasso, née Tambussi on May 10, 1919, and died February 5, 1981, was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party.She served as the 83rd governor of Connecticut from 1975 to 1980, becoming the first woman elected governor in Connecticut and the fourth in U.S.
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Biography of Édouard Belin (excerpt)
Édouard Belin, born on March 5, 1876, in Vesoul and deceased on March 4, 1963, in Territet, Switzerland, was a French photographer and inventor. In 1907 he created the Bélinographe, a device that allowed the transmission of photographs over telegraph networks and telephone lines.
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Biography of René Cresté (excerpt)
René Auguste Cresté, born on December 5, 1881 in Paris 19th and died on November 30, 1922 in Paris 20th, was a French actor of stage and silent film.First noticed as a romantic leading man on stage, he performed in Claudine à Paris by Colette, Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo and Adrienne Lecouvreur by Eugène Scribe.
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Biography of Richard Koch (physician) (excerpt)
Richard Hermann Koch, born September 3, 1882, in Frankfurt am Main and died July 30, 1949, in Jessentuki in the Caucasus (USSR), was a German physician, internist, balneologist, historian, and theorist of medicine.Coming from a Jewish family, he studied medicine in Lausanne, Munich, Heidelberg, and Berlin, and earned his doctorate in Leipzig in 1909.
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Biography of Hans Paasche (excerpt)
Hans Paasche, born April 3, 1881, in Rostock and assassinated May 21, 1920, in Waldfrieden, was a German naval officer turned pacifist, social reformer, hunter, African explorer, and writer. The son of Reichstag vice president Hermann Paasche, he sought to challenge Prussian militarism and became a provocative, charismatic public figure.
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Biography of Franz Rosenzweig (excerpt)
Franz Rosenzweig, born December 25, 1886, in Kassel and died December 10, 1929, in Frankfurt, was a German theologian, philosopher, and translator.Coming from a wealthy Jewish family, he first studied medicine before turning to history and philosophy.Influenced by his friend Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, he briefly considered converting to Christianity, but a transformative Yom Kippur experience brought him back to Judaism.
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Biography of Joseph Wittig (excerpt)
Joseph Wittig, born January 22, 1879, in Neusorge and died August 22, 1949, was a German Catholic theologian and writer. After earning his doctorate in 1903, he was ordained a priest and later became professor of church history and patrology at the University of Breslau, where he also served as dean.
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Biography of Aníbal Milhais (excerpt)
Aníbal Augusto Milhais (July 9, 1895 – June 3, 1970), born and deceased in Valongo (Murça), is remembered as the most decorated Portuguese soldier of World War I. He became widely known by the nickname “Soldado Milhões” (Soldier Millions), a play on his name suggesting that he was “worth a million men” on the battlefield.
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Biography of Emil Botta (excerpt)
Emil Botta, born on September 15, 1911, and died on July 24, 1977, was a Romanian actor, poet, and prose writer, the younger brother of essayist Dan Botta.Raised in Muscel County by their Corsican mother, he adopted a bohemian lifestyle when he moved to Bucharest.
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Biography of Hans Ehrenberg (excerpt)
Hans Philipp Ehrenberg, born on 4 June 1883 in Altona and died on 21 March 1958 in Heidelberg, was a German philosopher and theologian from a liberal Jewish family.Baptized as a Protestant in 1911, he taught at Heidelberg and was close to Franz Rosenzweig, Martin Buber, and Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy.
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Biography of Vittorio Giovanni Rossi (excerpt)
Vittorio Giovanni Rossi, born January 8, 1898 in Santa Margherita Ligure and died January 4, 1978 in Rome, was an Italian journalist and writer. He is buried in the Santa Margherita Ligure cemetery, where a museum dedicated to him is located inside Villa Durazzo.
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Biography of Richard Church (poet) (excerpt)
Richard Thomas Church, born March 26, 1893, in Battersea and died March 4, 1972, in Cranbrook, was an English writer, poet, novelist, and critic. The son of a postal worker and a schoolteacher, he published his first poetry collection The Flood of Life in 1917 but worked in the Civil Service until 1933, when he turned to full-time writing.
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Biography of Victor Ehrenberg (historian) (excerpt)
Victor Ehrenberg (22 November 1891 – 25 January 1976) was a German-British Jewish historian. Born in Altona, Hamburg, into a noted German Jewish family, he was the younger brother of Hans Ehrenberg, and the nephew of jurist Victor Ehrenberg and economist Richard Ehrenberg.
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Biography of Pablo Abril de Vivero (excerpt)
Pablo Enrique Germán Abril de Vivero (born October 28, 1894, in Lima – died April 11, 1987, in Monte Carlo) was a Peruvian poet, writer, and diplomat. A passionate promoter of literature and the arts, he is best remembered for his close friendship with fellow Peruvian poet César Vallejo, with whom he maintained an enduring correspondence during their years in Europe. |
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